All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1068
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NewsIron Man 2 stays top on $53m to vanquish Robin Hood
Iron Man 2 stayed top in its second weekend, beating back the challenge of Universal’s Robin Hood.
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NewsRobin Hood hits the target overseas on $74m launch
Cannes opening night film Robin Hood has grossed $74m from 6,944 venues in 56 territories in its first five days, according to initial estimates from Universal/UPI.
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NewsAlex Holmes goes to Hell with Bold, Affinity
Former head of BBC documentary programming Alex Holmes has signed to directed Bold Films’ thriller Into Hell, which Affinity International is selling here.
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NewsIM Global reports strong start to Anthem world sales arm
IM Global chief Stuart Ford has reported a strong response here to the company’s new Anthem world sales division and rights acquisition vehicle Apsara.
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NewsShoreline strikes for Joffe thriller
Morris Ruskin’s Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to several titles led by Roland Joffe’s thriller You And I starring Misha Barton, Anton Yelchin and Shantel VanSanten.
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NewsSaetre options Vida’s Northern Lights
New York and Norway-based producer Linda Saetre (pictured) of Saetre Film has optioned Vendela Vida’s award-winning book Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to The Double Hour
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired all US rights to Giuseppe Capotondi’s psychological thriller The Double Hour (La Doppia Ora).
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NewsMultivisionnaire, Cinema Epoch strike North American ouput deal
US-based international sales company Multivisionnaire Media has acquired sales rights to Violent Blue and Playback from Cinema Epoch.
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NewsNew Films acquires Flying Lessons, Saving Grace B Jones
New Films has acquired US and international theatrical rights to Derek Magyar’s Flying Lessons and Connie Steven’s Saving Grace B Jones.
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NewsFilm Movement picks up How I Ended This Summer, Come Undone
Film Movement has acquired US rights to Aleksei Popogrebsky’s How I Ended This Summer and will set a limited release in September.
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NewsSubmarine sinks sales on Valentino: The Last Emperor
Submarine Entertainment and Acolyte Films have sold multiple territories including a deal with Optimum and the BBC in the UK for Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor.
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Grayson promoted to evp national publicity for Universal
Alissa Grayson has been promoted to executive vice-president of national publicity for Universal Pictures.
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NewsExclusive Media Group, Nunnari, Canton to partner on Julius Caesar epic
Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton are teaming up with Exclusive Media Group on a potential franchise based on the life of Julius Caesar.
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NewsJon Amiel to direct Undying starring Kurt Russell
Media 8 is producing alongside LA-based Circle Of Confusion, and financing with Cynthia Stafford’s Queen Nefertari Productions, new partner Northern Lights Films, and London/LA-based E-Motion.
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NewsDeepa Mehta sees Webber’s Bombay Dreams
The Indian director will bring Broadway musical Bombay Dreams to the big screen with a score by AR Rahman.
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NewsFox International Productions ramps up in Russia and Brazil
Projects include Russian Working Girl remake and Brazil’s first stop-motion animated film.
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Elephant jumps on Silva’s Cats
The New York-based outfit is in Cannes with a slate led by two from Sebastian Silva, the director of The Maid.
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NewsLittle Film takes on sales for timely oil rig thriller The Elephant
The company will start pre-sales on the film, to be directed by Hans Petter Moland (pictured), in Cannes.
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FeaturesWilliam Monahan
The Oscar winning screenwriter of The Departed talks to Jeremy Kay about his feature directorial debut on GK Films’ crime drama London Boulevard, starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley, which is being sold in the market at Cannes.
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Epic finds new action with Thailand’s Film Frame
LA based Epic Pictures has signed a three-film deal with Film Frame Productions.